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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 2, 1988

40 positions ← 11/25 12/09 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
7 4 2 1 10 Look Away CHICAGO 1
5 1 1 2 10 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley WILL TO POWER 1
9 6 4 3 8 I Don't Want Your Love DURAN DURAN 3
12 9 5 4 9 Giving You The Best That I Got ANITA BAKER 4
19 12 7 5 6 Every Rose Has Its Thorn POISON 5
4 3 3 6 11 How Can I Fall? BREATHE 3
22 16 10 7 5 My Prerogative BOBBY BROWN 7
11 10 8 8 10 Waiting For A Star To Fall BOY MEETS GIRL 8
14 11 9 9 9 Walk On Water EDDIE MONEY 9
16 13 11 10 9 The Promise WHEN IN ROME 10
17 14 12 11 7 Welcome To The Jungle GUNS N' ROSES 11
8 7 6 12 10 Desire U2 6
24 18 15 13 7 In Your Room BANGLES 13
- 30 20 14 3 Two Hearts PHIL COLLINS 14
39 29 22 15 4 Don't Rush Me TAYLOR DAYNE 15
25 21 17 16 7 Finish What Ya Started VAN HALEN 16
27 23 19 17 6 Early In The Morning ROBERT PALMER 17
- 37 26 18 3 Smooth Criminal MICHAEL JACKSON 18
35 32 27 19 4 I Remember Holding You BOYS CLUB 19
38 33 25 20 4 Silhouette KENNY G 20
- - 33 21 2 Armageddon It DEF LEPPARD 21
33 26 23 22 5 Spy In The House Of Love WAS (NOT WAS) 22
32 27 24 23 6 Not Just Another Girl IVAN NEVILLE 23
2 2 13 24 11 Bad Medicine BON JOVI 2
- 40 34 25 3 Put A Little Love In Your Heart ANNIE LENNOX & AL GREEN 25
1 5 14 26 14 Wild, Wild West THE ESCAPE CLUB 1
34 31 28 27 4 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah JUDSON SPENCE 27
3 15 18 28 12 Kokomo THE BEACH BOYS 1
6 8 16 29 9 Kissing A Fool GEORGE MICHAEL 6
- 39 36 30 3 Little Liar JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 30
- - 39 31 2 The Way You Love Me KARYN WHITE 31
DEBUT 32 1 Wild World MAXI PRIEST 32
- - 40 33 2 Thanks For My Child CHERYL "PEPSII" RILEY 33
DEBUT 34 1 Ghost Town CHEAP TRICK 34
DEBUT 35 1 Holding On STEVE WINWOOD 35
20 19 21 36 7 Domino Dancing PET SHOP BOYS 19
DEBUT 37 1 All This Time TIFFANY 37
DEBUT 38 1 When The Children Cry WHITE LION 38
37 35 35 39 4 Symptoms Of True Love TRACIE SPENCER 35
DEBUT 40 1 Born To Be My Baby BON JOVI 40